November 10: The government has approved the work procedure submitted by a taskforce recommending relief to the farmers for the damage sustained to their crop by the recent unseasonal rainfall.    
A meeting of the Council of Ministers had formed the taskforce on October 25 to carry out a study on the extent of damage caused to crop due to the flooding and inundation following the unseasonal precipitation in mid-October.    
According to the state-owned national news agency RSS, the secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs was designated as the coordinator of the taskforce. The secretaries at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and the National Planning Commission (NPC) were the members of the taskforce. The taskforce was given a three-day deadline to carry out the assigned task.    
Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki said that additional process would be forwarded on the basis of the work procedure prepared by the taskforce.    
As per the preliminary estimates, paddy crop worth around Rs 7 billion have been damaged across the nation due to unseasonal rainfall. Minister Karki expressed commitment to provide relief to the victims based on the extent of damage.    
A recent cabinet meeting held on November 8 decided to provide relief to the families of victims of Motipur Industrial Corridor incident.    
Similarly, the meeting also granted permission for land acquisition for the construction of 400-KV sub-station in Kushma and sub-station in Jumla, RSS further reported.    
Similarly, the meeting granted the permission for the establishment of sisterly relations between the Kirtipur Municipality and the Huanggang City of the Hubei Province, China, according to Minister Karki who serves as Spokesperson for the government.    
The cabinet meeting also approved the Nepal’s participation in a programme of the World Health Organisation to be held in Geneva.